Tropical Storm Beulah (1959)
Tropical Storm Beulah peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between June 15, 1959 and June 19, 1959, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Beulah, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- June 15, 1959 to June 19, 1959
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Identifier
- AL021959
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 21.1N 94.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 21.6N 95.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 22.1N 95.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 22.5N 96.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 22.8N 96.3W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 22.9N 96.4W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 23.0N 96.5W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 23.0N 96.7W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 22.9N 96.9W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 22.6N 97.0W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 22.3N 97.1W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 22.1N 97.2W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 22.0N 97.3W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 21.8N 97.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 21.4N 97.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1959
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane DebraNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm EdithNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane GracieNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane HannahNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Tropical Storm IreneNorth Atlantic · 1959
- Hurricane JudithNorth Atlantic · 1959
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.